Pikmin 3 is one of the more anticipated Wii U games, especially since it's been nearly a decade since Pikmin 2 first came out, but now you're going to have to wait awhile longer.

At today's Nintendo Direct presentation, it was confirmed Olimar and his friends will be relesed for the Wii U in the second quarter of 2013. The real-time strategy game is part of the Wii U's "launch window" of titles, but Nintendo has kept a lot of the details under wraps.

Our Take: Nintendo's unique approach to real-time strategy has been sorely missed. While it's hardly StarCraft, the Pikmin series remains a unique game in Nintendo's collection of franchises. However, we can't help but feel a little duped here. To us, a launch window does not extend for several months. We had counted on playing Pikmin 3 in late January or early February at the latest. This game was always promoted as a launch game by Nintendo, and with no other first-party efforts on the immediate horizon, we fear our Wii Us might be sitting untouched for the next several months.